Teri Williams and I are lucky. We connected last February. We wanted to help homeless people. We hooked up with the South Oakland Citiizens for the Homeless. We decided to help them with a backpack drive. We wound up with a great sponsor-- Moosejaw. The the Little Caesar Love Kitchen contacted us next. Now we have our own 501 c 3 non-profit organization.
Check out http://www.earthangelsrelief.com/.